What's the oddest name you've found?

[a chesters]

No, he was a Sydneysider, working, at first for the "Balmain Light and Power Company". 1892 is a little too early, as he came to Oz in 1922.

I never put in McArthur, as he was a Macarthur. It does make a great difference.
That could be why I got tangled with the general

[pinefamily]

There is a plaque to General MacArthur on the railway platform at Terowie, in South Australia's mid-north. That is where he uttered his now-famous phrase, "I shall return!"
Not much else at Terowie, mind you. 

[Geordie daughter]

I sympathise, Pine! Slightly off-topic, I know, but searching for "cork cutters" or anything related is a nightmare too as I keep getting hits for the city of Cork in Ireland.

I agree with you, Coombs. The weirder the name the harder it is to guess any likely variations.

[Beeonthebay]

Try Brown on both sides  with absolutely no imagination with Christian names. 

[jaybelnz]

And I can just about guarantee there must have been at least 55 thousand men in Durham with the name of Whitefield Watson whose father is Joseph!  🤔🤔🤔. In my time frames for them!  And they're all miners, YAY!

Those are my great grandfather and his father's names! It's been pretty hopeless trying to get back much further without any definite marriage info, or a birth for Joseph Watson or his wife Elizabeth.

Oh well - one day!  I have good clues, but no documentary proof! 

[Beeonthebay]

And I can just about guarantee there must have been at least 55 thousand men in Durham with the name of Whitefield Watson whose father is Joseph!  🤔🤔🤔. In my time frames for them!  And they're all miners, YAY!

Those are my great grandfather and his father's names! It's been pretty hopeless trying to get back much further without any definite marriage info, or a birth for Joseph Watson or his wife Elizabeth.

Oh well - one day!  I have good clues, but no documentary proof!

Why don't you make a post on Rootschat for the super sleths? I bet they'll crack it !!!

[jaybelnz]

I've had quite a few goes on here with my Watsons Bee - and had some great help, but currently letting them rest for a while! 😄😄

[Beeonthebay]

Yes sometimes you need a break!!!

[jaybelnz]

You're so right! Watsons are my maternal family, England and Scotland, and Mathews are paternal. So I've been working on the Mathews England, Scotland, Canada again, and theirs for a while.  They have their missing people as well, namely women with no maiden names- you might guess - they're Irish!!

Oh well, as I said before - one day!  In the meantime - I'm in the playrooms!!